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by DanBC 2809 days ago
You don'thave the option. They force you to use real names, and sometimes force you to use your full name.

"Facebook demanded driving licence, then posted data from it": https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/9n8ulu/faceb...

> A couple of days ago Facebook suspended my account as apparently someone had reported me as having a fake name on there. It advised I needed to upload a copy of my ID to get the account unlocked. I sent them a copy of my driving licence to prove my name was real. Today Facebook has unlocked my account but has added both my middle names onto my facebook account so it displays my full name to everyone. If I try to change it back on my profile page it says that I need to wait at least 60 days before updating my name again.

> I do not want my middle names on Facebook, I consider that a security risk as it is one of the questions my bank uses for security. I did not give Facebook permission to copy that data from my licence and certainly not permission to then display it to others.

> Do I have any recourse or way of getting them to change the name back? I can't see any way to contact a human as all support tickets have just been closed.